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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Japan doubles cost estimate for Fukushima cleanupThe estimated cost of cleaning up Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant has doubled to nearly 22 trillion yen ($190 billion), with decommissioning expenses expected to continue to increase, a government panel said Friday.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-japan-fukushima-cleanup.html
Energy & Green Tech Fri, 09 Dec 2016 04:30:01 ESTnews400479194In-memory de-duplication technology to accelerate response for large-scale storageFujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of a high-speed in-memory data deduplication technology for all-flash arrays, which are large-scale, high-speed storage systems and use multiple flash devices such as solid-state drives. This technology enables the production of storage systems with up to twice the response speed when writing data, compared to previous methods. In recent years, all-flash arrays have incorporated deduplication technology that consolidates duplicate data into one to write to a flash device, in order to utilize the limited capacity of flash devices. However, as the system connects to multiple flash devices through a network in order to search for duplicate data each time it writes data, and storage devices grow in capacity and increase in speed, a problem of lowered response speed during write operations arises.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-in-memory-de-duplication-technology-response-large-scale.html
Semiconductors Mon, 05 Dec 2016 09:17:42 ESTnews400151850Team designs new material to better store hydrogen fuelA Florida State University researcher has designed new materials that could be used to store hydrogen fuel more efficiently in vehicles or other devices that use clean energy.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-team-material-hydrogen-fuel.html
Materials Science Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:31:55 ESTnews399817906Energy hybrid—battery meets super-capacitorResearcher at TU Graz demonstrates in Nature Materials that it is possible to combine the high-energy density of batteries with the high-power output of super capacitors in a single system – thanks to liquid energy storage materials.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-energy-hybridbattery-super-capacitor.html
Materials Science Thu, 01 Dec 2016 09:45:05 ESTnews399807896Combination of insulation and thermal massWhen the summer sun burns in the sky, phase change materials (PCM) integrated in building envelopes absorb the heat – it remains cool inside. When it is getting colder outside, the materials give off heat. Several grams of these storage media can protect against overheating and undercooling for a long time. For the first time, researchers have combined insulating characteristics of foams with PCM thermal masses via established procedures of shaping processes. Due to this combination of materials the heat transfer through walls is reduced for hours.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-combination-insulation-thermal-mass.html
Energy & Green Tech Thu, 01 Dec 2016 08:15:15 ESTnews399802486New ultra-high density optical storage technologyAccording to current estimates, dozens of zettabytes of information will be stored electronically by 2020, which will rely on physical principles that facilitate the use of single atoms or molecules as basic memory cells. This can be done using lasers. However, existing methods of optical storage are limited to the diffraction limit (~500 nm), so the respective recording density is roughly ~1 Gb per square decimeter.http://phys.org/news/2016-12-ultra-high-density-optical-storage-technology.html
Optics & Photonics Thu, 01 Dec 2016 06:25:33 ESTnews399795922Engineering researchers develop a process that could make big data and cloud storage more energy efficientAs big data and cloud applications flourish, one of the grand challenges for future computing is finding energy-efficient methods for data storage.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-big-cloud-storage-energy-efficient.html
General Physics Wed, 30 Nov 2016 07:14:27 ESTnews399712462Spain: Ecologists protest over threats to Donana nature parkEnvironmentalists are displaying hundreds of colorful origami birds outside the Spanish Parliament to demand greater government action to protect a national park that provides habitat for migrating birds.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-spain-ecologists-protest-threats-donana.html
Ecology Thu, 24 Nov 2016 07:50:41 ESTnews399196236A new perovskite could lead the next generation of data storageEPFL scientists have developed a new perovskite material with unique properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-perovskite-storage.html
General Physics Thu, 24 Nov 2016 06:09:13 ESTnews399190143Scientists create first intermetallic double salt with platinumScientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are being credited with creating the first intermetallic double salt with platinum.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-scientists-intermetallic-salt-platinum.html
Materials Science Wed, 23 Nov 2016 10:58:18 ESTnews399121084Icebergs and blue carbonWhen divers laid a grid of 225 markers on the seabed it started one of the longest marine disturbance experiments anywhere in the world.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-icebergs-blue-carbon.html
Environment Fri, 18 Nov 2016 07:25:28 ESTnews398676247Local grid solution for global energy transitionWhat will intelligent, decentralized energy management look like in the future? Using its own Micro Smart Grid and control systems developed in-house, the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO is exploring how to efficiently coordinate energy producers, storage systems, and consumers as well as how to test the innovative technologies required. The research parking garage houses 30 charging spots for electric vehicles, Europe's fastest high-speed charging station, as well as Europe's first hydrogen storage system based on LOHC technology.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-local-grid-solution-global-energy.html
Energy & Green Tech Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:10:01 ESTnews398595787Glow-in-the-dark dye could fuel liquid-based batteriesCould a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology?http://phys.org/news/2016-11-glow-in-the-dark-dye-fuel-liquid-based-batteries.html
Materials Science Thu, 17 Nov 2016 09:07:01 ESTnews398596014Storing more carbon in western Cascades forests could benefit some wildlife species, not othersForest management policies that aim to store more carbon in the Pacific Northwest may benefit some wildlife species more than others.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-carbon-western-cascades-forests-benefit.html
Environment Thu, 17 Nov 2016 07:52:42 ESTnews398591556Russia starts blocking LinkedIn network (Update)Russian internet providers on Thursday started blocking the LinkedIn professional networking site after a state watchdog found it broke a law on personal data storage.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-russian-linkedin-court.html
Business Thu, 17 Nov 2016 05:37:07 ESTnews398583419Energy storage system of tomorrowInvention by Horst Schmidt-Böcking and Gerhard Luther basis for a novel marine pumped storage system developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology (IWES) / Tested for the first time in Lake Constance.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-energy-storage-tomorrow.html
Energy & Green Tech Fri, 11 Nov 2016 11:40:55 ESTnews398086849Russia to block LinkedIn after court ruling on user dataBusiness-focused social network LinkedIn faces being blocked in Russia after a court ruled it broke a law on data storage.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-russia-block-linkedin-court-user.html
Business Thu, 10 Nov 2016 10:27:12 ESTnews397996025US approves two types of genetically engineered potatoesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-genetically-potatoes.html
Biotechnology Mon, 31 Oct 2016 15:30:07 ESTnews397146603A tiny machine: Engineers design an infinitesimal computing deviceIn 1959 renowned physicist Richard Feynman, in his talk "Plenty of Room at the Bottom," spoke of a future in which tiny machines could perform huge feats. Like many forward-looking concepts, his molecule and atom-sized world remained for years in the realm of science fiction.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-tiny-machine-infinitesimal-device.html
Nanophysics Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:04:50 ESTnews396878672Defects in diamond: A unique platform for optical data storage in 3-DIn the world of big data, there are limitations on how to store large volumes of information. Typical home-computer hard disk drives consume a lot of power and are limited to a few terabytes per drive. Optical storage media like DVD and Blu-ray are energy efficient and cheap, but storage densities are very low due to the planar nature of the discs and the ever-daunting optical diffraction limit. However, researchers have made inroads into developing a 3-D diamond chip that could store vastly more data than current technologies.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-defects-diamond-unique-platform-optical.html
General Physics Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:00:01 ESTnews396679728Energy storage industry wants tax credits enjoyed by wind, solarThey may not get it this year, but boosters of energy storage technologies want their sector to get the same tax credits that the federal government extends to the wind and solar industries.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-energy-storage-industry-tax-credits.html
Energy & Green Tech Wed, 26 Oct 2016 11:30:02 ESTnews396699245NTU Singapore to build an offshore integrated system of renewable energy sourcesNanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) is building an offshore system that will integrate multiple renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, tidal, diesel, and power-to-gas technologies.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-ntu-singapore-offshore-renewable-energy.html
Energy & Green Tech Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:19:36 ESTnews396692364Pumped-storage hydroelectricity systems in buildingsPumped-storage hydroelectricity systems are to be found throughout the world, but always on a large scale. Guilherme Silva and Patrick Hendrick, researchers from the ULB Brussels School of Engineering, investigated whether energy storage via pumped hydro systems is possible on a very small scale, in particular in buildings. They used the Goudemand apartment building in Arras in France as their case study.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-pumped-storage-hydroelectricity.html
Energy & Green Tech Tue, 25 Oct 2016 07:40:01 ESTnews396599650Structure of hydrogen-stuffed, quartz-like form of ice revealedDid you know that there are at least 17 crystalline forms of ice, many of them formed under extreme pressures, such as those found in the interiors of frozen planets? New work from a team led by Carnegie's Timothy Strobel has identified the structure of a new type of ice crystal that resembles the mineral quartz and is stuffed with over five weight percent of energy-rich hydrogen molecules, which is a long-standing Department of Energy goal for hydrogen storage.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-hydrogen-stuffed-quartz-like-ice-revealed.html
Materials Science Fri, 21 Oct 2016 06:25:39 ESTnews396249930Diversified management provides multiple benefits in boreal forestsForests provide multiple social and environmental benefits and play a key role in bioeconomy particularly in the Nordic countries. For example, the Finnish bioeconomy strategy aims to considerably increase the use of forest-based biomasses and forest harvesting by 2025. However, new research shows that there are strong conflicts between intensive timber harvesting and the provision of other benefits or the maintenance of biodiversity. The results are part of a research project lead by Professor Mikko Mönkkönen and funded by the Academy of Finland and Kone foundation. The project aims at identifying conflicts and synergies between ecosystem services and biodiversity at forest landscape scale.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-diversified-multiple-benefits-boreal-forests.html
Environment Fri, 14 Oct 2016 10:10:02 ESTnews395656835New 3-D design for mobile microbatteriesIn the race towards miniaturization, a French-US team—mostly involving researchers from the CNRS, Université de Lille, Université de Nantes and Argonne National Laboratory (US) as part of the Research Network on Electrochemical Energy Storage (RS2E)1-has succeeded in improving the energy density of a rechargeable battery without increasing its size (limited to a few square millimeters in mobile sensors). This feat was achieved by developing a 3-D structure made of microtubes, the first step towards producing a complete microbattery. The first experiments have demonstrated the excellent conductivity of the battery's solid electrolyte, whose highly encouraging performance is published in the journal Advanced Energy Materials on October 11, 2016.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-d-mobile-microbatteries.html
Energy & Green Tech Tue, 11 Oct 2016 07:58:06 ESTnews395391479New kind of supercapacitor made without carbonEnergy storage devices called supercapacitors have become a hot area of research, in part because they can be charged rapidly and deliver intense bursts of power. However, all supercapacitors currently use components made of carbon, which require high temperatures and harsh chemicals to produce.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-kind-supercapacitor-carbon.html
Materials Science Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:21 ESTnews395313098Engineers transform brewery wastewater into energy storageUniversity of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed an innovative bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-brewery-wastewater-energy-storage.html
Energy & Green Tech Fri, 07 Oct 2016 11:28:36 ESTnews395058505Urban warming slows tree growth, photosynthesisNew research from North Carolina State University finds that urban warming reduces growth and photosynthesis in city trees. The researchers found that insect pests are part of the problem, but that heat itself plays a more significant role.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-urban-tree-growth-photosynthesis.html
Environment Wed, 05 Oct 2016 11:26:58 ESTnews394885607Three win Nobel chemistry prize for world's tiniest machines (Update 4)Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for developing the world's smallest machines, 1,000 times thinner than a human hair but with the potential to revolutionize computer and energy systems.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-nobel-chemistry-prize-world-tiniest.html
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